Week of September 16-20

Test Time!

We will have our first math test this Thursday. A study guide will come home tomorrow to help your child prepare. Some of the things that will be in the test include finding factors, prime factorization, using exponents, and the order of operations. The following websites will provide great extra practice at home.

Order of Operations Practice
http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/english/kidz/order.shtml
http://www.softschools.com/math/order_of_operations/games/

Factors & Prime Factorization Practice
http://www.mathplayground.com/factortrees.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/8436.html

Picture Day!

Tomorrow is Picture Day!

Early Release

We will have Early Release again this Wednesday at 12:20pm. Wednesday also happens to be Kentucky High Attendance Day!

Related Arts

We will be in PE through Wednesday of this week and then we will begin a rotation in Technology.

Here is what we'll be learning this week...

Math: Our test is on Thursday followed by a transfer task on Friday so this week we will be reviewing factoring, prime factorization, using exponents, numerical expressions, and the order of operations.

SS: We are wrapping up our study of the U.S. regions and beginning a study of the first people to live in the Americas.

Word Study: We will continue learning about figurative language.

Writing: This week we will learn about synonyms and antonyms and we will also begin learning about idioms as we continue learning about how authors play with words.

Reading: Today we will be publishing final drafts of the BioPoem and the short report on a famous historical person. Starting tomorrow, we will begin practicing our reading fluency through choral reading.